NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Facebook has it’s roots in education. Once Facebook conquered colleges the now web-giant with more than 900 million active monthly users moved on to support high schools. Naturally, Facebook’s appeal reaches down into the earlier years of education because kids love connecting with friends. Master them first.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. Compile stats to share with executive staff.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To ideablob.com allows users to post business ideas. ideablob.com allows users to post business ideas.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To ideablob.com allows users to post business ideas. ideablob.com allows users to post business ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

22% Yes… but we have no idea where to begin. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 5) Does your nonprofit poll your online donors about what communication tool inspired them most to donate on your Website? [ [link] ]. 71% No… but this is a great idea! 25% Facebook. 9% MySpace. 10% Other.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

But I have to admit, this idea of social CRM piqued my interest. And then, I’ll do my best over the course of the next few weeks to answer how these would get accomplished via the technological tools that most nonprofits use or can get access to. Can you follow the trail from tweet (or facebook status) to a donation?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the issues highlighted by Causes leaving MySpace and ideablob suddenly shutting down. One of the biggest issues that has come out of the blog posts and the conversations in the comments is the idea of data. Greenpeace International on facebook. That example?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology LinkedIn suits up December 10, 2007 LinkedIn, the serious MBA wielding brother to the Facebook fratboy and the MySpace rockergrrl, is really putting on the suit now. It’s an interesting strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

With so many tools out there, and different options for individuals and other organizations to engage with you, how do you manage it all? Do you provide different content or appeals to your Twitter followers than to your Facebook group? Invest fully in a few tools, and use them well. Develop your voice for each tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. You already know Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn et al???now The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. How do you decide which sites and tools are right for your audience?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Continuing on last week's discussion about Causes leaving MySpace, TechSoup's own Amy has written an interesting guest post on Sean Stannard-Stockton's Tactical Philanthropy blog. She gets at some of the big questions nonprofits should be asking about the tools we're using. It's definitely worth the read.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

I thought that it would be a good idea to describe what it is, and what it might mean for the nonprofit sector. OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) OpenSocial is a set of APIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Social media is described in terms of the mission, not the tools. Says Tom, "We don't talk about Facebook or Twitter. We talk about how using the tools expands our mission." I often think this idea of engagement is lost in the shuffle when thinking about how to use social media for marketing. We help guide it."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. What is public? 2 admin 06.11.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

I thought Peter was saying Twitter will replace Facebook/Myspace or social networks. He probably wasn't - but hard to get that when you're telegraphing ideas. I think this some of what Marnie was getting at.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool. Danah Boyd has found that, in spite of their seeming ability to promote a true public sphere, social networks may, in fact, be furthering social divisions : It wasn't just anyone who left MySpace to go to Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Hurry the deadline is May 19th to submit your idea. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. Want to listen on Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? Dunbar: "isn't sold on the idea that social networks make his number outdated.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Tips for Promoting a Cause on Facebook If you build it, will they come?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Make it known.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Tips for Promoting a Cause on Facebook If you build it, will they come?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

So do “click actions” like signing a petition and becoming a Facebook fan actually make a difference? For [Jacob] Colker, the idea of spare-moment do-gooding is ‘transformative.’ They are used to text messaging, MySpace, Facebook, get-in, get-out, instant gratification. both offline and online.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? tool to jump in. .&# Well, I already trust them, so I joined them. Or perhaps maybe I won’t even.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. The idea was to give an inside view of the inner workings of the Walker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

The idea is that you start with your target audience and their social media habits. They've built a profile tool over at the blog that lets you plug in some very general demographic information and get a summary of the percentage of profile types that fit that demographic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Boyd goes into the specific issues related to adoption of Facebook at the organizational level. tool after Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Use your blog or twitter or whatever tool to solicit practical ideas on how to use social media to make connections. Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) application in your Facebook account. Professional.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Any ideas/links/resources would be helpful! MySpace - to stay connected / reach out to potential supporters. Facebook - to stay connected / reach out to potential supporters. For each of the social media tools you are using, you might want to set up your google analytics so you can track referral traffic.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There are few concrete numbers to look at like there are for the Facebook Causes App.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

As such, when it comes time to create or grow an online community, tools that allow for and encourage communication and interaction are vital. We want email alerts, RSS, and we want widgets that people can take from our site and stick into Facebook, MySpace, Google or anywhere else for that matter. Forums and blogs too!

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